Heritage group targets return of railway to Oswestry [BBC]





Date: 09/01/2011

A heritage group hopes to return the railway to Oswestry. At its peak, the town was home to two stations, as well as the headquarters of Cambrian Railways, which managed 300 miles of track.


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A heritage group hopes to restore eight miles of track and mark Oswestry's proud industrial past.

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The imposing Oswestry station building and Cambrian Railways offices. View looks north in July 2006.
Location: Oswestry
Company: Oswestry and Newtown Railway
10/07/2006 Ewan Crawford
Several locomotives form a static exhibit to the north of Oswestry station. These are to the west of the line and former Cambrian Railways works.
Location: Oswestry
Company: Oswestry and Newtown Railway
10/07/2006 Ewan Crawford
Collett 0-4-2T no 1458 stands in the bay at Oswestry with the auto-train for Gobowen in April 1963.
Location: Oswestry
Company: Oswestry and Newtown Railway
02/04/1963 K A Gray